Best movies like 12 Men of Christmas
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Plot Summary:
A high-powered New York publicist finds herself in Montana promoting a charity calendar after being betrayed by her boss and fiancé. Unfortunately, matters of the heart are just as complicated in the wilds as they are in the big city.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Best tv shows and movies like 12 Men of Christmas (2009):
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Farewell Mr. Kringle (2010)
Plot Summary:
A skeptical journalist is assigned to chronicle the 50th anniversary of Kris Kringle, a Santa Claus in the town of Mistletoe. As her involvement in the town grows, she begins to open up to the enchantment of Christmas and some other wonders of the season.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe (2018)
Plot Summary:
Darcy has always worked hard to prove herself and be successful on her own terms, even choosing to start her own company, rather than work with her father. Returning to her hometown for Christmas, Darcy reconnects with an old rival, restaurant owner Luke, and they are forced to plan a charity event together. As Darcy spends time with her family and Luke, she starts to realize what matters most in life and sets out to mend her relationship with her father, and possibly fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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A Very Vintage Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dodie is a hopeless romantic just like the pieces in her vintage antique shop. When Dodie finds a hidden box full of romantic trinkets, she makes it her mission to deliver it to its rightful owner. Following the address, she manages to persuade the handsome but reluctant new tenant, Edward, to help her with her search.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 675
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy
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Rediscovering Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
A talented department store window designer helps her sister design the decor for the annual Snowflake Festival Christmas Eve dance and clashes with the stubborn grandson of the founders of the festival.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Christmas Hotel (2019)
Plot Summary:
A big city hotelier's boss informs her that she will receive a promotion if she can pull off a major project.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 510
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, romantic comedy
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Merry Liddle Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
The messy family of a successful, super-together single tech entrepreneur descends on her gleaming new dream home for the holidays. Christmas traditions collide and family drama ensues as she struggles to keep her house together in time for a glossy video shoot of "the perfect Christmas.".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Entertaining Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Candace, daughter of lifestyle mogul Liz Livingstone, has never lived up to her mother’s standards. When a young girl posts a video begging Liz to help arrange a special Christmas party, Candace is sent in her place. As she struggles to prove herself worthy of running the company, Candace meets—and begins falling for—the girl’s uncle, a reporter writing an expose on her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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A Christmas Wish (2019)
Plot Summary:
Every December in the small town of Ponchatoula, Louisiana a wooden wishing box is placed in the park as a Christmas tradition. After a night out together, Maddie encourages her sister Faith to put a wish in the box - a wish to experience true love for the first time. Faith and Maddie are surprised the next day when she meets the very handsome and eligible Andrew. As Christmas nears, Faith begins to wonder if Andrew is really perfect for her, or if the wish is leading her to her best friend, Wyatt.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, emotional
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A Christmas Arrangement (2018)
Plot Summary:
Flower shop owner Poppy enters the annual holiday floral show for a chance to win the grand prize but standing in her way of victory is Garrett, the underappreciated protégé of florist extraordinaire, Blair. While Poppy and Garrett’s rivalry heats up on the flower show floor, an undeniable romance begins amidst a whimsical holiday backdrop.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional
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The Flight Before Christmas (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two strangers who both happen to be in marketing, share a room at a bed-and-breakfast when a snowstorm strands their flight in Montana on Christmas Eve.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, road movie, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, romantic comedy
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A Christmas in Vermont (2016)
Plot Summary:
Riley Thomas is sent by her profit-obsessed boss to shut down one of the company’s holdings, a small outerwear company in Vermont, for missing profit targets. Riley finds that the company is the lifeblood of a town and, instead of closing down the iconic firm, she unexpectedly falls in love and learns valuable lessons beyond the bottom line.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, christmas comedy
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A Puppy for Christmas (2016)
Plot Summary:
After breaking up with her boyfriend and losing her job, Noelle full fills her lifelong wish of getting a puppy. But Buster (the puppy) is the perfect pup she imagined and by spending Christmas with her co-workers quirky family she discovers the true spirit of Christmas and what it means to be family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy, christmas comedy
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The Christmas Pageant (2011)
Plot Summary:
Vera Parks (Melissa Gilbert), an overly intense and demanding Broadway director, gets fired from yet another job, leaving her no choice but to take a gig directing a small town Christmas pageant in upstate New York. Stunned at how basic the production is, Vera attempts to back out, but is convinced by some of the locals to give their town a chance. To her surprise, the warmth and charm of the small town grows on Vera and she even enjoys the experience of directing the pageant. When Vera discovers her former fiancé Jack (Robert Mailhouse) recommended her for the job, she is outraged. But over time Vera appreciates the gesture, as she grows close to both Jack and his young daughter (Lennon Wynn). Will love stay in the wings this time around?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, touching, feel good
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Guess Who's Coming to Christmas (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jaded rock star Dax is found by New York paparazzi passed out in his car with a frozen holiday turkey in the passenger seat. In order to repair his tarnished image, Dax publicly agrees to grant a fan’s “Dear Santa” Christmas wish. To his dismay, his manager Jason drops Dax off in Cedar Grove, a Midwest small town, where he’s committed to spend a week and perform in a local holiday Christmas concert.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 850
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
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A Christmas Wedding (2006)
Plot Summary:
Emily (Sarah Paulson) and Ben (Eric Mabius) find their plans to marry on Christmas day coming apart at the seams when Ben is left to plan the wedding details after Emily is forced to go on a business trip. Though Emily, a perfectionist, is determined to have a fairytale wedding, she realizes that love is all that really matters when a freak storm threatens to keep her from making it home in time for the big day.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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A Very Charming Christmas Town (2020)
Plot Summary:
Aubrey Lang, a travel and lifestyle blogger, goes to the little town of Solvang for her next holiday vlog piece after it’s voted Most Christmassy Town in the USA. She soon meets Sawyer Larsen, a local community coordinator and chocolate shop owner assigned to show her around the small town. At first, the unlikely pairing is at odds but soon start to fall for each other amidst the twinkling lights of the romantic little Danish village.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 935
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy
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My Christmas Inn (2018)
Plot Summary:
With the holiday season in full swing, Jen Taylor is about to score a big promotion at the San Francisco ad agency where she works. But her life is unexpectedly turned upside down when she inherits a cozy inn in Alaska from her aunt. When she goes to inspect the property and meets handsome town attorney Steve Anderson, she's surprised to find that nothing is what she expected. The small town community is full of fun and festive Christmas traditions and soon, Jen starts wondering if the inn might just be the place she belongs, and if Steve could be the Mr. Right she has been waiting for.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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Sister Swap: Christmas in the City (2021)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer and Meg Swift are two sisters who are very close despite living far apart. Jennifer is in Salt Lake City, running a successful restaurant she started with her late husband and raising her teenaged son Simon, Meg stayed in their hometown of Hazelwood, helping their parents run the local bakery.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Angel of Christmas (2015)
Plot Summary:
Susan is a newspaper staffer who decides to generate some Christmas spirit by writing an article about her family’s storied 100-year-old, hand-carved, heirloom Christmas angel. This leads her to accidentally meet Brady, a cute, upbeat artist who insists that he and Susan become fast friends (at least). It turns out that this angel also has the spiritual power to bring people together – as it seems to be doing with Susan and Brady. What’s behind this enchanted ornament? As time moves on, more about this captivating artifact is revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sweet, captivating, entertaining
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A Bride for Christmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bride-to-be Jessie Patterson calls off her third engagement - during the ceremony! She swears off serious relationships, until she meets and is pursued by Aiden MacTiernan. Aiden, on the other hand, has bet his friends he is marriage material, and can find a fiancé in the four weeks leading up to Christmas. When Jessie and Aiden begin to fall for each other, Jessie must decide if she is ready for serious love, and Aiden must decide if his bet is worth risking his relationship with Jessie.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, light, sincere, cute, realistic, semi serious
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A Christmas Kiss II (2014)
Plot Summary:
At a Christmastime event, Jenna shares an impromptu, unforgettable kiss with the dashing billionaire, Cooper Montgomery. Unaware of his intentions and fearful of getting hurt in another relationship, Jenna vows to resist his charms, but begins to realize his affection is real as the two spend more time together.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, cute, teen, romantic comedy
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Grounded for Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a winter storm hits Cleveland and grounds flights, the nearby hotels quickly fill up with stranded travelers. Nina, a pilot, reluctantly agrees to let her arrogant but charming fellow pilot, Brady, stay at her nearby parents' home. But when they discover her family is hosting a tree trimming party that night and that her ex will be there, Brady pretends to be her boyfriend to help her out.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, romantic comedy, gay cinema
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All About Christmas Eve (2012)
Plot Summary:
'Tis the Season for Evelyn Wright...literally, she is a party planner in NYC. At the last minute Eve finds out that one of her agency's top clients is throwing a HUGE Christmas event, in LA, on Christmas Eve! Eve must decide whether to take on the event or risk her career to go on a romantic vacation with her boyfriend Darren. Unbeknownst to Eve, her future all depends on whether or not she makes a plane. We see it both ways, in parallel.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, captivating
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Finding Santa (2017)
Plot Summary:
Christmas is a busy, busy time for the residents of Green River, particularly for Grace Long, the third generation of her family to steward the New England town’s signature Christmas Eve parade. This year’s audience for the parade promises to be in the millions, thanks to a national morning show that has chosen Green River as the site of its Christmas Eve day program.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining
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No Time Like Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her first love plan a Christmas Eve show in hopes of saving the local theater.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sweet, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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A Christmas Proposal (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two lawyers dueling over a proposal to turn a quaint mountain town into a ski resort discover they are former childhood sweethearts. Lisa is fighting to protect the hamlet, big city attorney Rick represents the developer who wants to plow it under. But when a car accident forces Rick to stick around, the small town, and his former beloved, begin to work their magic on him.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, emotional, feel good, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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A Christmas Wedding Date (2012)
Plot Summary:
After being fired, Rebecca hours back to her old home town to attend her friends wedding on Christmas Eve and visit her mother. But when she tries to return home she finds she must relive Christmas Eve over and over until she gets it right.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, light, sweet
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Holidate (2020)
Plot Summary:
Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, light, funny, romantic comedy, happy, humorous, entertaining
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Christmas in Boston (2005)
Plot Summary:
Gina and Seth have been pen pals for 13 years and now will have the chance to meet. Both used their best friends pictures to send to each other and now will let their friends meet. True love is found in the end for all.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sincere, romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining, cute
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A Christmas Kiss (2011)
Plot Summary:
Wendy Walton is the best designer in Boston... but no one knows it yet. Hoping to kick-start her career, Wendy has left work with the local theatre to take a job as an assistant to Priscilla Hall, the most prestigious designer in the city. Ms. Hall works Wendy around the clock, which is how Wendy finds herself trapped in an elevator late one night with an incredibly handsome stranger. Wendy and the mystery man share an impulsive, romantic, life changing kiss before the doors open and Wendy runs out, leaving him behind. The next day at work, Wendy answers the door to find the handsome gentleman standing in front of her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, sentimental, touching, semi serious, sincere, captivating, entertaining, romantic, sweet